Can you name the winners of the Tony Award for Best Musical?

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Tony Winning Musicals Quiz

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Created Apr 16, 2009 in Entertainment
Featured Apr 16, 2009
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	CarpeDiem:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 20:25 GMT	4 points
	Fantastic game, Booger!! Very fun with the perfect amount of challenge. :-))

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	Etheridge2:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 20:46 GMT	14 points
	west side story never won...ROBBERY!!!!

	MJRioux:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 20:53 GMT	4 points
	Perhaps allowing "how to succeed" as an acceptable answer. Most theater buffs refer to this show as such and it's a LOT easier to type. Another one of these shows is "Forum" as in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Just a thought.

	MJRioux:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	3 points
	And yes Jeremy, WSS never won. It's sad and was a big source of controversy that year (and even today). Music Man was just more happy than West Side, I guess.

	mattrd08:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 20:58 GMT	1 point
	Wow, I'm a huge theatre person and I only got 20... Although most of the ones I didn't get I probably never would have guessed, the three big ones I missed that I shouldn't have were Les Mis, Hairspray, and The Pajama Game.

	Kicking222:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 21:10 GMT	2 points
	That was rough- I only got 13- but I also missed a ton I had no business missing ("Les Miz", "A Chorus Line", "Phantom", "Hairspray")... honestly, I'm quite disappointed in myself. But the quiz is still an excellent one (and for the first time, it gave me an excuse to type in "Spring Awakening").

	frey553:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 21:18 GMT	3 points
	I must say I was a bit thrown off that Oklahoma never won...I assume it must have come out before they started handing out Tony's? Loved the quiz though, I was surprised at how well I did. I got 32, probably only cuz I had time to really rack my brain for every musical I'd ever heard of after I'd gotten all the ones I'd seen.

	NoVan:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 21:18 GMT	-1 points
	I have the same problem as Kicking222. In my old high school, they had posters of the times they performed these musicals. How did I miss Evita and My Fair Lady?

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	JohnJF:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 21:30 GMT	1 point
	I got 12 more than I expected; in other words, I got 12. It's one of those quizzes of resilience--even people who know nothing about theater can pull off a few musicals.

	Booger:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 21:35 GMT	6 points
	For those wondering, Oklahoma debuted in 1943, prior to the first Tony Award for Best Musical. As stated above, West Side Story lost in 1957 to The Music Man. For those wondering, Wicked was nominated in 2004, but lost to Avenue Q. Mamma Mia! was nominated in 2002, but lost to Thoroughly Modern Millie. Hair was nominated in 1969, but lost to 1776. And the original Chicago was nominated in 1976, but lost to A Chorus Line.

	RyanUR:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 21:54 GMT	1 point
	No Scarsdale Surprise? Kramer was so good in that.

	johnlk:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 21:58 GMT	2 points
	Wikipedia suggests that Fiorello! won jointly with the Sound of Music.

	Booger:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 22:17 GMT	1 point
	@ johnlk: Dang! You are correct! There was a tie! I overlooked that somehow. (What the &*%#% is Fiorello!?). Thanks John. I have a request in to add Fiorello! as an answer.

	sactoshc:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 22:49 GMT	1 point
	Lots of fun with this one...great quiz!

	Skydog:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 23:27 GMT	0 points
	Grease Deserved 1972... That play that won was terrible.

	Rackie:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 23:46 GMT	4 points
	There are a lot of good musicals that I expected to see here that weren't! Surprising really

	pbrown:	Apr 16th, 2009 at 23:58 GMT	2 points
	goor one scott! High school musical SUCKS

	cocky:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 02:40 GMT	1 point
	@booger..Fiorello is a musical about NYC mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, the guy the airport is named after. According to wiki, tom bosley had the title role.

	k3lit0:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 03:25 GMT	0 points
	Wow I only got 22! I misspelled 'Cabaret' too :(( Still, awesome sporcle. I'm always amazed at the ones that AREN'T on here. For instance, Avenue Q beat out Wicked I believe...

	Malica:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 03:35 GMT	2 points
	I wish it accepted "Sunset Blvd" for Boulevard -- I could see the logo in my mind's eye which spells it blvd and was confused why it wasn't taking it.

	y2jdilemma:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 10:49 GMT	1 point
	Im stunned I got 42. Knew more than I expected.

	gopaladins:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 13:31 GMT	1 point
	question: are musicals only eligible for a tony in their first year?

	frey553:	Apr 17th, 2009 at 15:16 GMT	4 points
	@gopaladins: Yes, I believe so. I know there are best revival categories though so it doesn't have to be a completely original production to win. And there are special achievement awards or something like that which probably don't require a show to be in it's first year.

	AntieAnnie:	Apr 18th, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	1 point
	More fun than I expected. Darnit for poor spelling - of cabaret... but fun. After giving up, I realized that I got pretty much all that I could have.

	bbf2:	Apr 23rd, 2009 at 21:17 GMT	2 points
	wait.....there was a titanic musical? that won the same year the movie came out and won the Oscar? What the heck?

	SamE1331:	Jun 13th, 2009 at 04:18 GMT	1 point
	Sporcle could we get one for best revival of a musical and best play?

	sjr:	Jun 22nd, 2009 at 23:11 GMT	1 point
	1982 was also a big controversy with Nine, which opened on the last possibly day for Tony eligibility, beating out Dream Girls, which had most of the pre-Tony hype and was directed by Michael Bennett of A Chorus Line fame

	NightOwl:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:38 GMT	1 point
	It really is surprising the number of now-considered-classics that didn't win. @jl8686: the musical version of Titanic ran for about two years and actually opened several months before the film

	InsertCleverName:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 06:53 GMT	3 points
	Ah, 1997...the year the Tony voters said, "Meh, we've got to give it to SOMEBODY." (Still should have been The Life).

	roseaddams:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 07:01 GMT	1 point
	@sjr: I've read that Michael Bennett actually asked Tommy Tune to postpone the opening of 'Nine' so the two wouldn't have to go head-to-head at the year's Tonys. Though IMO they made the right decision in picking 'Nine' over 'Dreamgirls'. I actually think Raul Julia should have won over Ben Harney for Best Actor that year, and I'm still not sure whether Nine of Dreamgirls has the better book (Dreamgirls won the award). Michael Bennett and Michael Peters' choreography was justly awarded, as was Jennifer Holliday's killer performance. 1982 was a great year for musicals -- Dreamgirls and Nine were up against Stephen Sondheim's music and lyrics to Merrily We Roll Along for score. Also check out Anita Morris' stunning costume from 'Nine' designed by William Ivey Long (he won, she didn't). 1981/1982 was a great season on Broadway.

	neverland09:	Feb 28th, 2010 at 02:49 GMT	1 point
	great game! i got a lot more than I thought I would!! if anyones looking for another musical game, try mine!!! http://www.sporcle.com/games/neverland09/broadway_show

	midwesterndiva:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 17:26 GMT	1 point
	How did I forget Producers, Man of La Mancha, Fiddler on the Roof, AND Hairspray? Epic fail! I must go kill myself.

	scoops66622:	Jun 14th, 2010 at 17:51 GMT	3 points
	time to add one!

	jillianmarie:	Jun 23rd, 2010 at 17:10 GMT	2 points
	update! update!! 2010!

	steel03:	Aug 18th, 2010 at 15:51 GMT	1 point
	Too many really good musicals that got shafted (Wicked) or were just unlucky enough to premier in exactly the wrong year. The Full Monty had to compete with The Producers, Next to Normal competed with Billy Elliot, The Drowsy Chaperone was the same year as Jersey Boys, the incredible (and far more deserving) Grey Gardens lost to Spring Awakening, and most of all, Into the Woods was unfortunate enough to be up against Phantom of the stupid Opera. :/ So that's too bad. But at least there have been totally deserving shows like Company and In the Heights.

	brooklynbabe94:	Jan 15th, 2011 at 01:31 GMT	1 point
	I can't belive I forgot spring awakening, grrr. great quiz though :)

	okonheim:	Feb 25th, 2011 at 22:06 GMT	0 points
	ahhhh come on. spamelot should have worked. i didn't put monty python in front of it